Welcome to Blackpast

Welcome to BlackPast

This reference center with 7,660 posts is dedicated to providing information to the general public on African American history and the history of more than one billion people of African ancestry around the world.  We invite you to explore and use all the resources of BlackPast.

Explore African American History

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Ruth Brown (1928-2006)
Washington counties
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John A. Coleman (1852-?)
Gabrielle Gorman
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Gabrielle Gorman (1998- )
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Teddy B. Taylor (1953- )

Explore Global African History

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Samora Moises Machel (1933-1986)
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Samuel Coleridge-Taylor (1875-1912)
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Bob Marley (1945-1981)
Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba of Democratic Republic of the Congo, 1960
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Patrice Emery Lumumba (1925-1961)

Perspectives in African American and Global African History

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Fighting for Freedom on Both Sides of the American Revolution
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Race and Color in A California Coastal Community: The Seaside Story
Earl Whaley's Orchestra Over Shanghai, ca 1937
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The Black Pacific, 1919-1941: African Americans and Asia in the Interwar Period
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Slavery and Freedom on a Canadian Shore: Africa’s Children in Nova Scotia, 1750-2009

Special Features & Resources

101 African American Firsts
Genealogy Resources
Major African American Office Holders since 1641
STEM Innovators

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